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Vacationing at
Walt Disney World
with Special Needs

As of October 9, 2013, the Guest Assistance Card, one of Disney's programs to assist guests with disabilities at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts, is being discontinued. The program, which provides access to attractions for guests with disabilities, is being modified to help serve the guests who truly need it, as well as control abuse with the current program.
The new Disability Access Service (DAS) Card will replace the Guest Assistance Card. Guests will be able to request a Disability Access Service Card at Guest Relations, and they will receive a return time for attractions based on the current wait time.
Guests can still visit Guest Relations to discuss their individual situations for assistance that is responsive to their unique circumstances.
Meg Crofton, president Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Operations, United States and France, recently shared a letter of reassurance and continuing commitment to organizations representing the autism and disabled communities.
Click here to visit Disney's official site for additional information about the new program.

Walt
Disney World is not only one of the most magical places on earth
but also one of the most friendly for folks requiring special needs!

From accessible
water fountains, accommodating chefs, handheld captioning, companion restrooms and much more -- folks with special needs can and do travel to WDW
and have an enjoyable vacation.

In this special
section of AllEars.Net, we go into specifics that you'll want
to know, whether you use a wheelchair, have hearing or vision impairments,
require a special diet, have Austism Spectrum Disorder or AHDH, are
a person of large size, or travel with a service animal.

Visual Impairments

We so strongly
believe that WDW is a place for everyone, that we have joined forces with
PassPorter Press to write Passporter's Open Mouse for Walt Disney World
and the Disney Cruise Line - Easy Access for Travelers with Extra Challenges.

It is our
hope, through researching the book and talking
with many of you, that these pages and the book will
help put your minds at ease and enable you to have
a magical vacation at Walt Disney World.